Lessons

Of with determiners

January 21, 2011 -

We can use a Group B determiner directly before nouns. We don’t have to use of. We need to buy some sugar. (NOT We need… Continue reading

Gerunds as simple nouns

January 19, 2011 -

Many words which were originally gerunds are now treated as simple nouns. Examples are: parting, lightning, helping, filling, painting etc. Most of these words take… Continue reading

What are gerunds?

January 16, 2011 -

Read the following sentence: Singing is his hobby. Here singing is a verb ending in -ing. At the same time it is the subject of… Continue reading